➀ Intel's 18A process is on track for production ramp-up next year, according to Naga Chandrasekaran, Intel's chief global operations officer and GM of the foundry business. ➁ The plan is to sample 18A chips to customers in H1 2025 and start production in H2 at Intel's Oregon fab. ➂ The defect density on 18A is currently at 0.4 defects per cm^2, comparable to TSMC's N7 and N5 processes before mass production.